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Web Of Deceit: Britain's Real Foreign Policy by Mark Curtis
RRP: €22.60€16.20In his explosive new book, Mark Curtis reveals a new picture of Britain's role in the world since 1945 and in the 'war against terrorism' by offering a comprehensive critique of the Blair government's foreign policy. Curtis argues that Britain is an... -
How Was It For You?: Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s by Virginia Nicholson
RRP: €11.89€8.46'One of the great social historians of our time. No one else makes history this fun' Amanda Foreman'How Was It For You? subtly but powerfully subverts complacent male assumptions about a legendary decade' David Kynaston--------------------------------"A... -
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-1945 by Nigel West 9781526755742
RRP: €29.75€21.44Written by the renowned expert Nigel West, this book exposes the operations of Britain's overseas intelligence-gathering organisation, the famed Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, and traces its origins back to its inception in 1909. In this meticulously... -
World War II Croatian Legionaries: Croatian Troops under Axis Command 1941-45 by Vladimir Brnardic
RRP: €14.27€10.03As Europe descended into war the newly formed state of Croatia found itself an ally in Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Croatians volunteered for the German Wehrmacht, with Croatian-badged units created within the Army, Navy, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS and... -
The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary by A. J. P. Taylor
RRP: €17.84€13.03A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population... -
The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination by Richard J. Evans
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Brilliant, a 5 out of 5 masterpiece' Evening StandardThe renowned historian of the Third Reich takes on the conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, in a vital history book for the 'post-truth' ageThe idea that nothing happens by... -
On Her Majesty's Nuclear Service by Eric Thompson
€18.04During the Cold War, nuclear submarines performed the greatest public service of all: prevention of a third world war. History shows that they succeeded; the Cold War ended peacefully, but for security reasons, only now can this story be told.Eric... -
Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe by Ian Kershaw
RRP: €35.70€25.41One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies... -
The Good Germans: Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945 Catrine Clay 9781474607896
RRP: €11.89€8.09After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 20 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families.They moved to the country, or pretended to support... -
London Calling: Britain, the BBC World Service and the Cold War by Alban Webb
€35.89From its inception in 1932, overseas broadcasting by the BBC quickly became an essential adjunct to British diplomatic and foreign policy objectives. For this reason, the World Service was considered the primary means of engaging with attitudes and... -
The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters Christine Negroni 9781782396437
RRP: €15.46€10.19What happened to MH370? How did Amelia Earhart disappear? When have quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive? And what, if any, are the lessons we have learned from these accidents? Aviation journalist and air safety... -
Military Vehicles: 300 Innovative Forms of Transport by Chris McNab
RRP: €11.89€8.15Military Vehicles is a wide-ranging guide to the world of military mobility in the twentieth century and beyond. In 300 detailed entries, it explores the combat, transport and utility vehicles that have supported military units from World War I to the... -
The End of the Cold War: 1985 - 1991 by Robert Service 9780330517294
€23.80The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician foresaw that the stand-off between the two superpowers - after decades of struggle over every aspect of security, politics,... -
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II by Kenneth K. Koskodan 9781849084796
RRP: €13.08€9.97An in-depth history of the Polish soldiers who served in World War 2, with previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photographs. There is a chapter of World War II history that remains largely untold; the monumental struggles of an entire... -
Enigma: The Battle For The Code Hugh Sebag-Montefiore 9781474608329
RRP: €17.84€11.66The complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing's Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians... -
Oil Money: Middle East Petrodollars and the Transformation of US Empire, 1967<I>-</I>1988 by David M. Wight
RRP: €52.36€46.10In Oil Money, David M. Wight offers a new framework for understanding the course of Middle East-US relations during the 1970s and 1980s: the transformation of the US global empire by Middle East petrodollars. During these two decades, American, Arab, and... -
1950s Childhood Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and the Clitheroe Kid Derek Tait 9781445609775
RRP: €11.89€7.90With few TVs, children in the 1950s made their own entertainment: they played conkers, built dens and go-karts, climbed trees and re-enacted fights from the latest cinema blockbuster. Food was, for many years, still rationed and bought from the local... -
The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy 9780674268838
RRP: €20.17€16.48The Frontline collects essays in a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. The essays present further analysis of key events in Ukrainian history, including Ukraine's relations with Russia and the West, the Holodomor and World War... -
The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover 9780733339813
RRP: €15.46€10.09The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds. A funny and frank look at the way Australia used to be - and just how far we have come. 'It was simpler time'. We had more fun back then'. 'Everyone could afford a house'.There's plenty of... -
THE CANBERRA IN THE FALKLANDS: A Very Strange Way to go to War by Andrew Vine
RRP: €11.89€8.09This fascinating and insightful book tells the thrilling story of the SS Canberra, the luxury passenger liner which was requesitioned as a troop transport in the Falkands War.Vast and brilliant white, P&O's flagship the SS Canberra was a final salute to... -
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich Callum MacDonald 9781843410362
RRP: €11.89€7.97On 4 June 1942 one of the most powerful figures of the Nazi regime died in agony from wounds sustained during an assassination attempt in Prague. This is the story of the killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a man of extraordinary intelligence, ruthlessness and... -
Red Corona: A Richard Knox Spy Thriller: 'A thriller of true ambition and scope.' Lucie Whitehouse by Tim Glister
RRP: €10.70€7.04WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE! 'Relentless and sleek. This pitch-perfect debut signals the arrival of a remarkable talent.' A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 'A thoroughly engaging spy thriller that had me gripped from start to... -
Plain Tales From The Raj: Images of British India in the 20th Century by Charles Allen 9780349104973 [USED COPY]
RRP: €13.08€2.53The Raj was, for two hundred years, the jewel in the British imperial crown. Although founded on military expansionism and undoubted exploitation, it developed over the centuries into what has been called 'benign autocracy' - the government of many by... -
Plain Tales From The Raj: Images of British India in the 20th Century by Charles Allen
RRP: €13.08€7.70The Raj was, for two hundred years, the jewel in the British imperial crown. Although founded on military expansionism and undoubted exploitation, it developed over the centuries into what has been called 'benign autocracy' - the government of many by... -
Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780007321667
RRP: €15.46€9.90Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic Lives' is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the... -
Boeing in Photographs: A Century of Flight by Martin W. Bowman
RRP: €29.75€22.06Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing, a wealthy timber merchant, the mighty Boeing Company's long history spans decades of rich achievement and technological development. Beginning with the manufacture of seaplanes, fighters and, from the 1930s onwards,... -
Freedom Next Time by John Pilger
RRP: €17.84€13.03John Pilger is one of the world's pre-eminent investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. His best-selling books of reportage, which include Heroes and Hidden Voices, have in the words of Noam Chomsky 'been a beacon of light in often dark... -
Another Time by W. H. Auden 9780571234370
RRP: €15.46€10.19Another Time was the first volume that Auden published after his departure to America with Christopher Isherwood in January 1939. It was dedicated to Chester Kallman. The poems, some of which date from the early thirties, are about people, places and the... -
The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery by Stephen Bates 9781785789601
RRP: €14.27€9.19SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEYA brilliant narrative investigation into the... -
Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century Brad de Long 9781399803410
RRP: €35.70€23.56AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEARA THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom one of the world's leading economists, a... -
The Wandering Jews by Joseph Roth
RRP: €14.27€10.71This is the first English translation of Joseph Roth's portrayal of the Jews of Eastern Europe: their poverty, their towns and trades, their feast days and the mysticism of their rabbis. Roth was conscious that this was a community living under the... -
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War by Benn Steil 9780192843104
RRP: €20.22€15.09A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, The Marshall Plan is an instant classic of Cold War literature. With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin's ascendant, U.S. officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to... -
Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters by Victor Sebestyen
RRP: €13.08€8.81The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A... -
Sea and Sardinia by D. H. Lawrence
RRP: €13.08€9.25Written after the First World War when he was living in Sicily, SEA AND SARDINIA records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921. It reveals his delighted response to a new landscape and people and his uncanny ability to transmute the... -
Operation Market-Garden 1944 2: The British Airborne Missions by Ken Ford
RRP: €20.22€14.61With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the west considerably. The ground advance... -
1947: when now begins by Elisabeth Asbrink 9781911617099
RRP: €10.70€7.29A Metro book of the year Interweaving the social, political, and personal, in 1947 Elisabeth Asbrink chronicles the year that 'now' began. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes... -
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict by Lawrence James 9781474610186
RRP: €26.18€17.33'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a genius for detail' A.N. WilsonBritain and China share a... -
Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin's Russia by Elizabeth Wilson
RRP: €29.75€25.37The first full biography of the fearless and brilliant Maria Yudina, a legendary pianist who was central to Russian intellectual life "Playing with Fire is a ground-breaking work-a phenomenal biography of a towering human spirit of everlasting... -
70s Dinner Party: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly of Retro Food by Anna Pallai
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Spaghetti in aspic, anyone? Revel in astonishing dishes from yesteryear: Stuffed Cocktail Grapes, Savoury Sausage Salad, a spunky Shrimp-Salmon Mould and so much more. Anna Pallai was brought up on 1970s stalwarts of stuffed peppers, meatloaf and... -
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together by Michael Smith
RRP: €29.75€21.44'Fascinating analysis' Nigel West; 'Grippingly told, authoritative' Mail on Sunday; 'Meticulously researched...a remarkably good read' John Brennan, former CIA Director; 'Excellent...a detailed, highly professional account' Sir John Scarlett, former MI6...